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Silver King Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, Antimony, Vanadium, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043949
MRDS ID M231258
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Mine
Alternate or previous names Kramer-Silver King, NBMG Sample Site 2306

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.31957, 40.93933 (WGS84)
Elevation 1457

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 041E 1;2 NW OF SW OF NW (01) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST NORTH OF SILVER COIN GROUP W CENTER SEC. 1 AND E. CTR SEC 2.7 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 49 (1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2306, GRAB VEIN MATERIAL FROM DUMP OF SHAFT CONTAINS 1 % FE, 1 % MG, 1.5 % CA, 0.002 % TI, 300 PPM MN, 1500- PPM AG, 1500 PPM AS, 20 PPM B, 2000 PPM BA, 1500 PPM CU, 5 PP-M MO, 7 PPM NI, +20000 PPM PB, + 10000 PPM SB, 20 PPM SN, 200 -PPM V, 50 PPM W, 700 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Comus Formation
    Rock description Comus Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.31957, 40.93933
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N15-20E
    Dip 32-65W
    Thickness 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicified Fault Zone, Contact Of Porphyry/Lime

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920

Mining district

District name Iron Point District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 SHAFTS, MORE THAN 10 OPEN CUTS 8-50 FT. LONG., SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, RONALD, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 59

  • Deposit

    CARPEN, A.F., (1920) UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE KRAMER PROPERTY, EAST GOLD RUN DIST HUMBLODT CO, NV., ON FILE AT NBMG, 131, ITEM 1

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1974, MAP GO-1175

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 22 JUN 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938, USBM I. C. 6995, P. 28-29.

  • Production

    CARPER, A.F., 1920

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit S PATENTED CLAIMS. THE WORKINGS AT THIS PROPERTY EXPLORE A N20E, 65 NW, 1 M WIDE ZONE OF SILICIFICATION AND QUARTZ- VEINLET STOCKWORK. QUARTZ VEINLETS ARE 1-5 MM WIDE BUT ALSO O-COUR IN LESSER AMOUNTS IN THE WALLROCK ELSEWHERE. THE WALLROCK- IS BLACK DOLOMITE, LOCALLY SILICIFIED. SOME CALCITE AND DOLOM-ITE OCCUR IN THE VEIN, AS WELL AS IRON OXIDE MINERALS, SPARSE - OXIDE COPPER MINERALS AND A GREENISH-YELLOW UNIDENTIFIED MINE-RAL. THE PROPERTY IS NEAR THE END OF A-ZONE OF SILICIFICATION -SHOWN ON GO-1175.
Deposit THE WORKINGS ARE IN SILICIFIED LIMESTONE AND BLACK SHALE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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